Maps are important tools in infectious disease surveillance. They depict where cases are occurring and where treatment resources are needed. San Bernardino County uses geographic information system (GIS) technology to accurately track the prevalence…
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By Shania Kennedy
May 22, 2023 – The World Health Organization (WHO) launched the International Pathogen Surveillance Network (IPSN), a public health network to prevent and detect infectious disease threats before they become epidemics or pandemics.
IPSN…
Kenyon Crowley, Ph.D., Health Analytics Lead, Accenture Federal ServicesThe COVID-19 pandemic shined a spotlight on the urgent need to modernize the nation’s public health system. Despite success in rapidly developing vaccines, the unprecedented public…
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The Consortium for State and Regional Interoperability, a collection of the nation’s largest non-profit health data organizations, released the CSRI Health Data Utility Maturity Model last week at the HIMSS23 conference and exhibition.CSRI aims to…
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By Hannah Nelson April 20, 2023 – The Consortium for State and Regional Interoperability (CSRI), a collection of five nonprofit health information exchange (HIE) organizations, has released a health data utility (HDU) maturity model.
An HDU…
Sandy Still, Pharm.D., Director of Clinical Strategy at BluesightDrug diversion is an increasingly serious issue that tends to be substantially underestimated. In every instance, a potential threat to patient safety is present. This includes…
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By Shania Kennedy
March 06, 2023 – Pennsylvania-based Highmark Health will deploy an artificial intelligence (AI)-based early warning system from insights solutions company Kinsa to help predict healthcare utilization, staffing needs, and bed capacity…
Infectious disease doc Verrall named Health MinisterA parliament shakeup led by New Zealand’s new Prime Minister Chris Hipkins saw Ayesha Verrall taking over health from Andrew Little, who is now handling defence.
An infectious disease physician, Dr Ayesha Verrall became an MP in 2020 and since then, she has held the roles of associate Health Minister and Minister for Covid-19 Response.
Clintel to power HEAL Urgent Care’s upcoming Newcastle site
Clintel Systems has been chosen to provide an end-to-end PAS, EMR, and billing and claiming solution to the soon-to-rise HEAL Urgent Care facility in Newcastle.
Its CareRight system will be used to manage patient waiting, triage…
